PAX: Bill Gates and ‘Doom’

Alex St. John spent much of his keynote at the Penny Arcade Expo here this afternoon telling old war stories about his time at Microsoft, working on DirectX and trying to create interest in Windows as a gaming platform. Among other things, he showed an old video of Bill Gates appearing in “Doom” — complete with trenchcoat and shotgun — to promote gaming in Windows 95.

St. John said he came up with the idea and persuaded Gates to do it, over the objections of Microsoft PR. You can watch it here on Google Video.